HERPES-SIMPLEX BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS WITH A RELAPSING COURSE

Authors
DUARTE J ARGENTE J GUTIERREZ P CATALAN MJ CABELLO A CLAVERIA LE
Citation
J. Duarte et al., HERPES-SIMPLEX BRAIN-STEM ENCEPHALITIS WITH A RELAPSING COURSE, Journal of neurology, 241(6), 1994, pp. 401-403
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03405354
Volume
241
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
401 - 403
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-5354(1994)241:6<401:HBEWAR>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We report a patient with a relapsing form of acute brainstem encephali tis. Pathological examination demonstrated necrotizing encephalitis in the cerebral cortex and, more pronounced, throughout the diencephalon , as well as in the pes pontis. Neurons and glial cells in the cerebra l cortex and brainstem contained herpesvirus antigens. The clinical in terrelationship of brainstem encephalitis, Miller Fisher syndrome and Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome is discussed.